DS+R

Meet Us

Elizabeth Diller

Elizabeth Diller founded Diller Scofidio + Renfro in 1981 with partner Ricardo Scofidio. Along with Ric, Liz was awarded the MacArthur Foundation ‘Genius’ Grant from 1999 to 2004, the first given in the field of architecture. She is a Professor of Architecture at Princeton University. Liz is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). Among her many honors are a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Design, the Brunner Prize from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Barnard Medal of Distinction, and an Honorary Doctorate of the Humanities from Occidental College. In 2009, Liz was selected by Time Magazine as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World.”

Ricardo Scofidio

Ricardo Scofidio founded Diller Scofidio + Renfro in 1981 with partner Elizabeth Diller and has over 50 years of experience working in architecture. Along with Diller, Scofidio was awarded the MacArthur Foundation ‘Genius’ Grant from 1999 to 2004, the first given in the field of architecture. He is Professor Emeritus of Architecture at Cooper Union School of Architecture. Scofidio is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the Royal Institute of British Architects. He has been recognized by the National Academy of Design with a Lifetime Achievement Award, and by the American Academy of Arts and Letters with the Brunner Prize. Scofidio was selected by Time Magazine as one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World.”

Charles Renfro

Charles Renfro joined the studio in 1997 and was named Partner in 2004; he has practiced architecture for over 30 years. He is a Visiting Professor of Curatorial Studies at the School of Visual Arts in New York. He was recently named a National Academy Academician in 2016, and received the 2015 Texas Medal of the Arts Award. He is President of the Board at Storefront for Art and Architecture in New York, and on the board of Spaceworks, dedicated to providing rehearsal and studio space for New York artists.

Benjamin Gilmartin

Benjamin Gilmartin joined DS+R in 2004 and was named Partner in 2015. Ben has been practicing architecture for over 25 years. Ben is currently a Visiting Instructor and Lecturer for the Harvard Graduate School of Design Thesis Program. Ben lectures extensively, presenting the studio’s work to international audiences and has been a longtime contributor to the architecture journal Praxis. In 2015 he delivered the keynote address and served as the Honor Awards Jury Chair for the AIA Colorado and Western Mountain Region Practice and Design Conference, in addition to giving the keynote address for the AIA Wisconsin Convention and Expo. Last year he was also an AIA Minnesota speaker and Honor Awards Jury Member.

Principals

Kevin Rice
Robert Katchur
Steven Forman
Zoë Small
David Allin
Sean Gallagher

Associate Principals

Anthony Saby
Brian Tabolt
Charles Berman
Chris Andreacola
Evan Tribus
Holly Deichmann
Kevin Baker
Matt Ostrow
Miles Nelligan

Senior Associates

Bo Liu
Chris Hillyard
Christine Noblejas
Ellix Wu
Fareez Giga
Jeremy Keagy
Jonathon Cielo
Marc Leverant
Mario Bastianelli
Michael Hundsnurscher
Michael Robitz
Michael Samoc
Yushiro Okamoto

Associates

Aidi Su
Alex Knezo
Anahit Hayrapetyan
Ayat Fadaifard
Bryce Suite
Dino Kiratzidis
Eduardo Ponce
Giannantonio Bongiorno
Jeremy Boon-Bordenave
Katrina Collins
Maya Shopova
Ryan Botts
Sean Rowe

Staff

Alberto Camarero
Alejandro Bonilla
Alfred Wei
Alyssa Ortiz
Amy Shell
Anna Goga
Boot Kumthip
Charles Blanchard
Ching Ying Ngan
Chris Donnell
Daniel Landez
Derwin Johnson
Ellen Wood
Elzbieta Gutowski
Eranga De Zoysa
Ewa Roztocka
Felipe Davila
James McNally
Jeffrey Wong
Jelena Loncar
John Cox
Joseph Sayoz-Artiso
Kaitlin Faherty
Katherine Kliewer
Kazuhiro Adachi
Lissette Vargas
Liz Thelen-Torres
Madeline Ju
Magdalena Naydekova
Mark Jongman-Sereno
Mary Broaddus
Maur Dessauvage
Michael Sluchevsky
Munjer Hashim
Quy Le
Sandra Bravo
Shiwoo Yu
Stephen Ludwig
Susana Holguin-Veras
Tom Collins
Toni Skiba
Will McLoughlin
Zach Hoffmann